Hockeycrazy3033
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ChiHawks468 said:Do what you want pal, but let the rest of us do likewise if we wish.
exactly
ChiHawks468 said:Do what you want pal, but let the rest of us do likewise if we wish.
Schlep Rock said:This is such a B.S. report if that's exactly how Griffith's reported it.. there is no way an agent/agency will specifically disclose who they are on the phone with. What a joke. :lol
xtra said:The more i think about it. the 28 game season (if it ever happens) could lead to some of the best hockey ever. Why you say? because its unoffically like two playoffs back to back. The intensity and desire will be at an all time high as nobody could afford to take a day/game off when its more than likely the last 3 teams (spots 6-8) will make the playoffs by a goal differential or another type of tie breaker.
It could be great hockey. but its still frustrating not knowing whats going on. and unfortunatley thats not how it came across in my last post.
Drury_Sakic said:I would not be shocked if the 28 drops to 24 really quick if a deal is struck..
unless the owners think the extra 4 games will make them that much more money?
ceber said:Even if people are meeting, so what?
Isn't that what you expect would happen? It's not like Bettman says "season canceled" and everyone just packs it in, never to discuss things again. Are they supposed to wait some specific amount of time before they start talking again? They still have to negotiate a CBA, after all. Doesn't mean they're trying to save the season. Sounds a lot like wishful thinking to me...
I'm not saying they are negotiating at all, but the PA has every incentive to keep negotiating. They know it's only going to get worse - there's no way they want to go back to square one.Drury_Sakic said:Heck yah it is wishfull thinking..
But why would they talk now..
No cooling off?
PA has no incentive to negotitate right now other than to save a season IMO..
bcrt2000 said:... as Darren Pang talked to Yzerman this morning and Yzerman said he was confident that a deal would get done
bcrt2000 said:Larry Kelly, has been talking to his clients and the PA, just talked to Arthur Griffiths of Mojo Radio and said that "players are encourging the PA to make another proposal"... Kelly is the player agent for Yzerman, so this has some credibility as Darren Pang talked to Yzerman this morning and Yzerman said he was confident that a deal would get done
ceber said:I read that Yzerman said he thought it was possible a deal could be made. Big difference between thinking "could" and thinking "would."
Egil said:The problem is that the owners CAN'T take their last offer if this season is cancelled. Revenues will go down, and the cap number needs to go down with it. As such, any negotiations NOW must be with saving the season in mind, and not towards the long term solution.
bcrt2000 said:I think you might be thinking about the articles from yesterday, i'm talking about new comments from Yzerman to Darren Pang
ceber said:What I read was on a blog (not the Eklund one), so it's not worth linking to, but it about Pang on the radio this morning. Could be it's not the same thing, though, and it could be wrong.
Egil said:The problem is that the owners CAN'T take their last offer if this season is cancelled. Revenues will go down, and the cap number needs to go down with it. As such, any negotiations NOW must be with saving the season in mind, and not towards the long term solution.
The ending of the rumors may be good, meaning no more will be heard from this... until they uncancel the season, suckasDoctor Zoidberg said:The season is toast. All of these stories are to be expected the day after a pro sports league shuts down an entire season. Today, things are dying down and I think it's only wishful thinking that the players would break the union. It's just not going to happen.
discostu said:I know they've been saying that the offer comes off the table, but in negotiations such as these, it's very hard to pull back from your latest offer. Unless there is a long, extended gap between any official discussions (i.e. the two sides don't talk all summer), I think each sides last proposal will be used as the jumping point for further negotiations.
discostu said:I know they've been saying that the offer comes off the table, but in negotiations such as these, it's very hard to pull back from your latest offer. Unless there is a long, extended gap between any official discussions (i.e. the two sides don't talk all summer), I think each sides last proposal will be used as the jumping point for further negotiations.
Egil said:It isn't hard when your first deal was done with 2.1 Billion in revenue, and future deals would need to be done with 1.8 Billion in revenue. So the deal WOULD change from the NHL. Now, putting in full indexing off of last season off the current deal could work, but that is tantamount to linkage, which would then be back on the table.
The $42.5 Mil cap without indexing is gone if the season is cancelled.